First and most important, a little over a year ago, I married the love of my life in a ceremony at a quaint country inn in the middle of gorgeous Vermont Fall foliage sharing our wonderful day with family and close friends.

Professionally, I stopped the library gig and started working for myself, running a publishing company and a back-of-book indexing company, in addition to honing my craft of winemaking.

Sorry I've been out of touch. I'll try to be better.

Everyone write to me, fill me in.

But on a personal note, an Update for everyone:

Me: Filmmaker, Screenwriter, Poet, playwright, journalist, Pisces, hate MTV, love coffeehouse music and jazz bars, Love backpacking and doing outdoorsy stuff. Animal rights and peace activist, feminist. I also love to quilt, as well as have dinner parties and play board games.

Those right-to-life people would havea lot more pull with me if so many ofthem weren't cross-enrolled in theNational Rifle Association.-Dennis Miller

Reese Holdin: I just can't believe this is the same man who told his six-year-old daughter that Christmas was aRepublican capitalistic conspiracy created by the Hallmark Corporation and that if Jesus were alive today he'd be down in Nicaragua rallying the Sandinistas. From Winter Passing

Harriet Michaels: Do you actually like haggis? Charlie Mackenzie: No, I think it's repellent in every way. In fact, I think most Scottish cuisine is based on a dare.- From So I Married An Axe Murderer

There is one theory which states that if ever anyone discoversexactly what this universe is for and why it is here, it willinstantly disappear and be replaced by something even morebizarre and inexplicable. There is a second theory which statesthat this has already happened.-Douglas Adams, Restaurant at the End of the Universe

Until he extends the circle of compassion to all livingthings, man will not himself find peace. - Albert Schweitzer

"What is straight? A line can be straight, or a street, butthe human heart, oh, no, it's curved like a road throughmountains." -Tennessee Williams"If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer towork. "Hello. Can't work today, still queer." - Robin Tyler

Let's see. Well, I'm a Peace Oriented Free Spirited Bookworm. Yep. As far as taxes are concerned, I'm a librarian, a poet, a playwright and a journalist who loves being on-line, but I am somewhat happier with a typewriter. I'm a pisces, and if you met me and talked to me, it would be obvious. I am an INFP. If you know what that means, you'll appreciate it. If not, well, just ask. I love basically everything in life, any music you wouldn't find on MTV, the arts in general, dusty books of poetry no one has ever heard of. I'm a true leftist on basically every issue, particularly gender issues and animal rights, though the environment is up there close to the top. If you have any prejudicial feelings towards any particular groups of people, or don't like animals, please move on. With this administration, you can quickly (they're not even subtle about it) see civil rights flying out the window. I'm a strong believer in the idea of voting with your feet (and/or your passport). I feel at peace in the outdoors, particularly while backpacking and love to travel whenever and wherever I can. I'm half buddhist and half pagan. The Pagan part is certainly only as an amateur armchair kind of thing, while Buddhism is more where my spiritual life is focused.

I am in search of the long and winding road that leads me to somewhere peaceful in thsi world, where people are treated equal and violence is not used as a solution to violence and where people are judged by the size of their hearts and not the size of their bank accounts. Anyone has any suggestions? ;)

There's a non-violent solution to any of the world's problems. And of course the age-old idea of treating people the way I would like to be treated.

What Gives Me Hope

Like-minded vocal people.

If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by

Continue to revive the social programs we lost with the Bush administration and continue instituting programs to socialize health care. Obama will stand behind his words. I love that he is urging people to volunteer and promote community. He certainly got my vote.

There is one theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is a second theory which states that this has already happened.
- Douglas Adams, Restaurant at the End of the Universe.

Symbolizing rebirth and new beginnings, the daffodil is virtually synonymous with spring. Though their botanic name is narcissus, daffodils are sometimes called jonquils, and in England, because of their long association with Lent, they’re known as the “Lent Lily.” Lore connecting the daffodil to not only a sign of winter’s end but a lucky emblem of future prosperity is found throughout the world. In Wales, it’s said if you spot the first daffodil of the season, your next 12 months will be filled with wealth, and Chinese legend has it that if a daffodil bulb is forced to bloom during the New Year, it will bring good luck to your home.Have a wonderful Birthday !

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